Watermelon Oreos… They do exist!
The latest limited edition Oreo is perfect for summer. Photos of Watermelon Oreos are popping up on blogs, proving the odd-flavored cookies exist. Patrick Jones, from Buzz 60, looks at some other weird Oreo flavors that have made the shelves.

Miss Utah flubs interview, steals Miss USA’s spotlight
Erin Brady was crowned Miss USA 2013, but it’s Miss Utah who is grabbing headlines. Marissa Powell’s answer to a question about equal pay for women had a lot of people scratching their heads.

Reporter soaked by firefighting helicopter at wildfire
Scores of additional homes have been evacuated, as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park in the Sierra foothills of California.

Man returns home from vacation to pink princess bedroom makeover
According to a Reddit post, a man came home from a 2-month vacation to find his roommates gave his bedroom a pink princess makeover.

Man charged with DUI on motorized shopping cart
A 63-year-old man from Fairbanks, Alaska was arrested and charged with a DUI for driving a motorized cart while allegedly drunk. Police say he took cookies and cake mix from a store, and was driving away in his cart when an employee stopped him.

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2013/06/19/dont-miss-these-top-wild-and-wacky-videos/feed/0Get ready for New Year’s Celebration in Nashvillehttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/get-ready-for-new-years-celebration-in-nashville/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/get-ready-for-new-years-celebration-in-nashville/#commentsFri, 28 Dec 2012 19:31:11 +0000Karen Krafthttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/?p=551Looking for something to do this weekend? Stay put and we shall grant you what you ask for!

(Uuhhh….that is, if what you are asking for is a list of events happening on and around New Year’s Eve in Nashville…lol!)

Did we mention that this year’s event will be headlined by The Fray and featuring the Music Note Drop and fireworks.

Last year, the free outdoor event drew a record crowd of 55,000! The event will close streets on a staggered schedule through Wednesday. Lower Broadway and Commerce Street as well as parts of First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth avenues are among the closures.

Bassnectar, a popular electronic music act who sold out a New Years Eve show at Bridgestone last year will be back Monday with a “truly next level show” featuring a new stage set-up, according to his website. Bridgestone reports general admission tickets to this year’s show are sold out, leaving only VIP passes left Thursday.

And as always, feel free to share your best moments captured in photos from your New Year’s Eve events! (Tag them as #nash)

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/get-ready-for-new-years-celebration-in-nashville/feed/0Missed it? Top videos of 2012http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/missed-it-top-videos-of-2012/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/missed-it-top-videos-of-2012/#commentsFri, 28 Dec 2012 19:24:28 +0000Karen Krafthttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/?p=590While The Tennessean’s staff has shot thousands of videos this year, we have decided to list our top 10 of the year, based on the sheer number of page views they received.

Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon and her parents appeared in a Davidson County courtroom for an emergency hearing before Probate Judge Randy Kennedy after her mother, Betty Witherspoon, filed a lawsuitsaying that her husband John D. Witherspoon had married another woman even though they are still married.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, in the lower left corner of the video, showed no visible signs of being “irate” as Nashville International Airport police asserted in an incident report, according to newly released video of a run-in with airport security.

4. Jared Stevens who has cerebral palsy, wrestles for the first time:(December 3, 2012)

Freedom Middle School wrestler Justin Kievit bent down to shake Jared Stevens’ hand before an exhibition match. Stevens has cerebral palsy and this was his first wrestling match.The video went viral after appearing on You Tube.

5. Tim McGraw surprises area military:(Nov. 8, 2012)

Tim McGraw surprises area military during lunch at Outback Steakhouse with the help of Operation Homefront.

6. [Two-part video] I-65 wrong-way crash claims one life, many dreams

Raw video: Fatal crash on I-65 North at Wedgewood: (Feb. 22, 2012)

At least one person died in a two-vehicle crash that occurred on Wedgewood on February 22, 2012. Metro police are asking anyone who may know where Rebecca Benson was or what she was doing before she got involved in the crash that killed Steffanie Leonard, 29, on Interstate 65 to call them.

Family members remember Steffanie Leonard:(Feb. 23, 2012)
Steffanie Leonard dreamed of the day she would marry and have children, a dream she outlined in a letter to her mother that’s framed in the family’s Franklin home. Now, it’s a dream that won’t come true. Steffanie Leonard was killed in the wrong-way traffic accident on I-65.

The Humane Society of the United States released undercover video of a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer abusing the animals in order to accentuate their well-known high leg kick. The practice, known as “soring,” involves using chemicals on the horses ankles as a way to force them, because of pain, to lift their legs higher when they walk. The walk is known as the “Big Lick.” The video will likely shed additional light on an industry already under criticism for soring and could put additional pressure on trainers, shows and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide stronger oversight.

WARNING: This video is graphic in nature. A 30-year-old male was killed after an afternoon shooting at Givens Community Market near 28th and Clifton Avenues in North Nashville. Metro Police released the video footage that showed James Nicholson III, 33, of April Lane, was armed with a handgun standing outside the market at 28th and Clifton avenues when the suspect, described as a black man with a stocky build, walked up to him and shot him four times at close range before walking back the way he came at about 2 p.m.

A 41-year-old Clarksville woman was arrested after Nashville airport authorities say she was belligerent and verbally abusive to security officers, refusing for her daughter to be patted down at a security checkpoint.

10. 2012 Titans Cheerleaders final auditions: May 10, 2012

The final round of auditions for the 2012 lineup of the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders was held at the Wildhorse Saloon. The finals consisted of 48 finalists competing for 26 spots on the squad.

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/28/missed-it-top-videos-of-2012/feed/02012 Notable Deathshttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/20/2012-notable-deaths/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/20/2012-notable-deaths/#commentsThu, 20 Dec 2012 23:59:38 +0000Karen Krafthttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/?p=333Take a moment to reflect and remember those who are no longer physically here with us, but who will stay with us forever in memory and spirit.

Sally Ride: This undated photo released by NASA shows astronaut Sally Ride. Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday, July 23, 2012. She was 61. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

Mike Wallace: This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Dick Clark: In this April 20, 2002 file photo, Dick Clark, host of the American Bandstand television show, introduces entertainer Michael Jackson on stage during taping of the show’s 50th anniversary special in Pasadena, Calif. Clark, the television host who helped bring rock ‘n’ roll into the mainstream on “American Bandstand,” died April 18, 2012 of a heart attack. He was 82. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

Whitney Houston: In this Sunday, April 25, 2010, file photo, U.S singer Whitney Houston performs in London as part of her European tour. Houston, 48, died Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Art Modell: Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell fields questions about the team’s move from the Cleveland area to Baltimore, during a news conference at the NFL meeting in Grapevine, Texas, in this Nov. 7, 1995 file photo. Modell died Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin, File)

Sherman Hemsley: The bantaght comic actor who portrayed the scrappy, nouveau riche George Jefferson on the hit CBS sitcom The Jeffersons, died on July 24 at his home in El Paso. He was 74. (AP Photo)

Frances Williams Preston: The Nashville native who began her professional career as a mail messenger and became one of the most successful and consequential executives in the history of the music industry, died at the age of 83 on June 13, 2012 from congestive heart failure. Mrs. Preston was much to many, a maverick whose work makes her an architect of modern day Nashville.Photos: Frances Preston over the years

Michael Clarke Duncan: In this Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001 file photo, actor Michael Clarke Duncan accepts two awards for the film “The Green Mile” at the 27th Annual People’s Choice Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Duncan died at the age of 54 on Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)

Nora Ephron: Nora Ephron poses for a photo at her home in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Ephron, 71, essayist, author and filmmaker who thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for her wit died June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Larry Hagman: In this Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 photo, actor Larry Hagman listens to a reporter’s question while visiting the Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, made famous in the television show “Dallas.” Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Gore Vidal: In this May 5, 2003 file photo, author Gore Vidal arrives for the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s gala event in New York. Vidal died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 86. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

Junior Seau: In this Aug. 14, 2006, file photo, former San Diego Chargers football player Junior Seau smiles during a news conference announcing his retirement from pro football in San Diego. Seau, a former NFL star, was found dead at his home in Oceanside, Calif. He was 43. (AP Photo/Sandy Huffaker, File)

Joe Paterno: In this Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno smiles as he walks the field before an NCAA college football game against Minnesota in State College, Pa. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, family says Paterno, winningest coach in major college football, has died. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Henry Hill: In this Feb. 22, 2005 file photo, Henry Hill sits in the dining room of the Firefly restaurant in North Platte, Neb., with a portrait of actor Ray Liotta portraying Hill in the movie “Goodfellas” hanging on the wall behind him. Hill, whose life as a mobster and FBI informant was the basis for the Martin Scorcese film, died June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

George McGovern: In this May 17, 2012 file photo, US Senator George McGovern with WFP Country Director Stanlake Samkange in Kampala, Uganda. McGovern, 90, former U.S. senator and a Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a landslide died Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer)

Donna Summer: Donna Summer, the multimillion-selling singer and songwriter, captured both the giddy hedonism of the 1970s disco era and the feisty female solidarity of the early 1980s. She died on May 17 at her home in Naples, Fla., at 63. Photos: Donna Summer over the years

Earl Scruggs: Earl Scruggs was a bluegrass banjo player whose hard-driving picking style helped shape the sound of 20th-century country music. With his guitar-strumming partner, Lester Flatt, Mr. Scruggs reached his widest audiences with “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” — it was the getaway music in the 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” — and “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” the theme song of the 1960s television sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies.” He died on March 28 in Nashville at 88. Photos: Earl Scruggs, Photos: Earl Scruggs Memorial Service.

Etta James: Etta James, with her powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice, could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last.” She is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. She died on Jan. 20 at 73 in Riverside, Calif.

George Lindsey: George Lindsey, the actor who portrayed the country-bumpkin mechanic ‘Goober Pyle’ on “The Andy Griffith Show,” died on May 6, after a brief illness, his family said. He was 83. Photos: George Lindsey

Neil Armstrong: Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Aug. 25. He was 82.

Rodney King: Rodney G. King, whose 1991 videotaped beating by the Los Angeles police became a symbol of the nation’s continuing racial tensions and subsequently led to a week of deadly race riots after the officers were acquitted, was found dead on June 17 in a swimming pool at the home he shared with his fiancée in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.

Richard Dawson: Richard Dawson, the British-born actor and comedian who played a larcenous prisoner of war on the comedy “Hogan’s Heroes” and became a star as the dapper and gregarious host of the game show “Family Feud,” died on June 2 in Los Angeles. He was 79.

Adam Yauch: The rapper Adam Yauch was a founder of the pioneering and multimillion-selling hip-hop group the Beastie Boys. He died on May 4 in Manhattan at 47.

Davy Jones: The singer Davy Jones was, by long-held public consensus, the handsomest and most popular of the Monkees, the collectively young, longhaired, wildly famous and preternaturally buoyant pop group of the 1960s and afterward. He died on Feb. 29 in Indiantown, Fla., at 66.

Johnny Otis: Johnny Otis — musician, bandleader, songwriter, impresario, disc jockey and talent scout — was often called “the godfather of rhythm and blues.” He helped steer a long list of performers to stardom, among them Etta James, Jackie Wilson, Esther Phillips and Big Mama Thornton — whose hit recording of “Hound Dog,” made in 1952, four years before Elvis Presley’s, was produced by Mr. Otis. He died on Jan. 17 at his home in Altadena, Calif. He was 90.

Not exactly sure if everyone agrees that this was or is a good thing, but it was inevitable …

Thanks to Korean artist PSY, ‘Gangnam Style’ swept the globe in 2012. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August and continue to influence popular culture.

DID YOU KNOW:

According to UrbanDictionary.com, “Gangnam Style” is a Korean neologism mainly associated with the upscale fashion and lavish lifestyle of trendsetters in Seoul’s Gangnam district, which is considered the most affluent part of the metropolitan area. In colloquial usage, it is comparable to the English slang terms “swag” or “yolo”.

So while many may not agree that this chart topping song deserves as much recognition as it has gotten, you can’t deny it’s a catchy one. After all, since its release, ‘Gangnam Style’ is everywhere…oh oh oh

Hey, Sexy Lady…..Wanna see who else is doing it ‘Gangnam Style?’ Check it….

We’d REALLY love to see your Gangnam Style in some totally #Nash setting … the Parthenon, the Ryman, the Hall of Fame, the Loveless, you get the idea.

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/17/gangnam-style-rules-2012/feed/0CMT Red Carpet Face Mashuphttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/17/cmt-red-carpet-face-mashup/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/17/cmt-red-carpet-face-mashup/#commentsMon, 17 Dec 2012 19:30:28 +0000Karen Krafthttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/?p=155With all the red carpet events happening in Nashville each year, it’s normal to feel jealous of just how amazing the local celebrities look. Yeah, I think it’d be nice to be in their $1,200 shoes, too. But here’s something to wipe away that jealous feeling in trade for an LOL moment!

Introducing our Red Carpet Face Mashup from this year’s CMT Red Carpet in Nashville. This is where we switch faces and bodies to create … you guessed it … FACE MASHUPS!

Go ahead, take a look and actually Laugh Out Loud!

For real: Rascal Flatts on the red carpet at the 2012 CMT Artists of the Year at The Factory in Franklin, TN Monday, December 3, 2012. The show premiered on CMT Saturday, December 8, 2012. (Steven S. Harman/Tennessean)

For wrong: Rascall Flatts Face Mashup!

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For real: RaeLynn, winner of “The Voice,” on the left, and Kasey Musgraves on the red carpet at the 2012 CMT Artists of the Year at The Factory in Franklin. ( Steven S. Harman/Tennessean)

For wrong: It’s so weird, it’s totally OMG!!

For real: Sammy Hagar and Kenny Rogers look dashingly handsome…

For wrong: …and not too terrible as Face Mashups either!

For real: Husband and wife team Keifer Thompson and Shawna Thompson, of Thompson Square look fabulous!

For WRONG: Thompson Square Face Mashup!

For real: Sheryl Crow and Chris Young in their red carpet bests at the CMT Red Carpet Artists of the Year event in Nashville.

For wrong: What do you think of this Face Mashup?!

For real: And last but not least… Carrie Underwood and her husband, Predators hockey player Mike Fisher, on the red carpet.

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/17/cmt-red-carpet-face-mashup/feed/0Move over cats, these dogs have drivehttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/06/youre-not-seeing-things-these-dogs-are-driving/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/2012/12/06/youre-not-seeing-things-these-dogs-are-driving/#commentsThu, 06 Dec 2012 20:22:28 +0000Karen Krafthttp://blogs.tennessean.com/hashnash/?p=12Yeah sure, they can run, jump, play and warm our hearts. Hey, they’re not called man’s best friend for nothing! But driving! You gotta be out of your mind, right?

Apparently not, according to this video we found of The SPCA (The Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals) in New Zealand. Yep, you guessed it, they are attempting to train abused, abandoned and forgotten dogs how to drive cars….And it’s working! Who’da thunk it?! Check out the video if you don’t believe me.